Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Pharmacological principles
- Section 4 Pharmacodynamics
- Section 5 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 6 Respiratory physiology
- Section 7 Cardiovascular physiology
- Cardiac action potentials
- The cardiac cycle
- Pressure and flow calculations
- Central venous pressure
- Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
- The Frank–Starling relationship
- Venous return and capillary dynamics
- Ventricular pressure–volume relationship
- Systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance
- The Valsalva manoeuvre
- Control of heart rate
- Section 8 Renal physiology
- Section 9 Neurophysiology
- Section 10 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
The Valsalva manoeuvre
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Section 1 Mathematical principles
- Section 2 Physical principles
- Section 3 Pharmacological principles
- Section 4 Pharmacodynamics
- Section 5 Pharmacokinetics
- Section 6 Respiratory physiology
- Section 7 Cardiovascular physiology
- Cardiac action potentials
- The cardiac cycle
- Pressure and flow calculations
- Central venous pressure
- Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
- The Frank–Starling relationship
- Venous return and capillary dynamics
- Ventricular pressure–volume relationship
- Systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance
- The Valsalva manoeuvre
- Control of heart rate
- Section 8 Renal physiology
- Section 9 Neurophysiology
- Section 10 Statistical principles
- Appendix
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Physics, Pharmacology and Physiology for AnaesthetistsKey Concepts for the FRCA, pp. 169 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008